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Analysis and Commentary

The Trouble With Progressives

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Bad science leads to monopoly politics. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Yes, groups of persons do have rights

by Tibor R. Machanvia Freedom Communications
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Actually, no one thinks corporations are persons, but some do believe they are groups of persons. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

The misguided race to federalize education

by David Davenportvia San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, February 7, 2010

President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan call their $4 billion program of education reform grants the Race to the Top. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

The courts' shifting rules on Guantanamo detainees

by Benjamin Wittesvia Washington Post
Friday, February 5, 2010

One judge rules that a detainee's statements to his military review tribunal are tainted by past coercion -- and orders him released. . . .

In the News

Looking to History for a Solution to 9/11 Trial Controversy

with Benjamin Wittesvia AOL News
Thursday, February 4, 2010

And as the rejections pile up in the search for a trial venue for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, an administration seeking justice but lacking a courtroom may be forced to improvise. . . .

In the News

Socialists Shouldn’t Have to Admit Libertarians Into Their Club

with Richard A. Epsteinvia Cato Institute
Thursday, February 4, 2010

Hastings College of the Law, a public law school in California, has a policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of “race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disabilities, age, sex or sexual orientation.” . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Disorder In The Court

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Litigation is no solution to global warming. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Lawrence Lessig, Libertarian

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Cato Institute
Monday, February 1, 2010

This past week Professor Lawrence Lessig of the Harvard Law School dropped into the Cato Institute to give his stump speech on his new passion: the corruption in government. . . .

In the News

How Obama Could Change 'No Child Left Behind'

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via Atlantic
Monday, February 1, 2010

The White House is seeking to overhaul No Child Left Behind, the massive education program that was a legislative hallmark of the Bush administration. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Guest Blogger Richard Epstein on "Multiple Standards of Liability in Tort Law: Of context and categories"

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Torts Prof Blog (MA)
Monday, February 1, 2010

Over the years, I have written on many discrete topics in tort law, but the general focus of that panel was on the first work that I wrote on the subject, “A Theory of Strict Liability,” 2 J. Legal Studies 151 (1973), which was written as a self-conscious response to Richard A. Posner’s highly influential article, A Theory of Negligence, 1 J. Legal Stud. 29 (1972) . . . .

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